Checkerboard Collection

Woman holding a shotgun in a tweed hunting outfit, 1912
Woman holding a shotgun in a hunting outfit of Scottish wool, gloves, gaiters and shoes. Costume de chasse en laine d Ecosse

Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas card
Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

BELGIAN FLAG-SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic Belgian girl in tasselled cap & a scarf with a red, yellow & black checker board ground bordered with the Belgian flag & a fringe of tassels. Date: circa 1917

Advertisement - Pirelli Tyres
Pirelli Tyres - for racing cars Date: 1916

Tile designs in SMB wallpaper sample book
Fourteen Tileonite tile designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. The only British made enamelled metal decoration on zinc. Date: 1934

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 34 Control Unit, WW2
There were five Fire Force areas in the London Region of the NFS, Nos 34 to 38. Each Fire Force area had its own local headquarters and Control Unit with dedicated staff

The Orphans - two children play draughts, watched by a woman. 19th century

Costume / Asia Minor
ANCIENT ASIA MINOR Protective clothing and weaponry of Warriors and the elaborately patterned clothing of man and a woman of rank. Date: B.C

Oxford Bags 1920S P. C
Girlfriend too shy to sit on lovers lap sits on his Oxford bags instead. A joke on the voluminous trouser style popular at the time. Date: late 1920s

Evening Dress ?1882
Low cut with pointed bodices, decorative plastrons, epaulettes & trained skirts. Black: checkerboard fabric, jet & diamante trim. White: pearls & artificial flowers. Date: ? 1882

Brown or Blue Dress 1882
Front buttoning cuirasse bodices with 3/4 length sleeves & tie-back skirts with bustles. The brown dress has an apron front & checkerboard border, the blue has a peplum Date: 1882

Sir James Calthorpe, Gentleman
Sir James Calthorpe of Norfolk (1604-1652) -- Vera Effigies Jacobi Calthorpe de East Basham (ie Barsham) in Comitatu Norfolciae Armigeri

Checkerboard and Pinwheel Desserts Date: 1936

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